American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History (22 of 75)
TITUS: Las Vegas succeeds because it has to.
When you deal with adversity, you've got to be creative.
I mean, it's brittle and it's brutal, but if you make it, boy, there's no stopping you.
It 's a very American thing.
It 's that very kind of egalitarian notion everybody can strike it rich.
I think that's one of the things that's appealing-- it appeals to that American dream.
WOMAN: The lovely thing about Vegas is a dancer can have a long life here.
The show Jubilee, it offers job security that you don't usually get in shows in other places.
It 's been going on for 23 years.
As long as your body is in shape and you look good, you can hang, you can stay in the show.
We've got a lot of dancers that are, you know, in their 30s, 40s.
Our principal dancer just left last contract; she's 51 years old.
That's cool, because I like it; it's nice, easy living out here.
Hi...
This is the largest production of its kind in the country...
if not the world, I think.
It represents all classic Las Vegas-- that's Bally's whole theme is real, live Las Vegas.
It 's sort of "classic, glamorous Las Vegas lives." You know, I just love the show.
I thought it was, you know, well, a little campy, but it's fun, you know? It's a good show and I think that this is...
It has everything that people want when they come to Vegas.
You know, this is what they're expecting.
They want feathers and the, you know, rhinestones and...
"tits and glitz" we call it. |
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